Helping Children Understand Their Emotions

Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 || Time: 10:00am – 11:00am MT

Adjust your time zone accordingly!!

Agenda and Assignments

This engaging and insightful presentation explores how Internal Family Systems (IFS) can help Deaf/hard of hearing children understand and express their emotions. Attendees will gain practical tools and strategies tailored to this community’s unique needs.

Agenda

The basics of Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Creative and effective methods to support emotional growth in children
An invitation for practice and reflection
Resources to foster ongoing emotional development

To prepare for the Community of Learners session

Before the presentation, bring a piece of paper with markers or crayons for drawing. You’ll use this to reflect and engage during the session.

Review this Graphic about the IFS Model:

IFS Graphic (pdf): - The internal family system at a glance.

For more information, watch What is IFS Therapy? | Intro to Internal Family Systems - 18 minutes (captioned).

Ponder

What are some ways children express emotions that catch your attention or make you curious? How do you usually respond when you notice these expressions?
What makes you uncomfortable when discussing emotions or teaching emotional awareness to children? Are there any challenges that arise that make you curious?

Primary Audience: Chapter and program leaders, family-based support organizations, EHDI system stakeholders, educators, and individual family members.

Facilitator: Sara Kennedy

Guest speaker: Ruby Sewell, LICSW

Ruby Sewell, LICSW, CMHS is a licensed mental health therapist with 20 years of post-graduate experience. Specializing in trauma-informed care and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, Ruby brings a unique perspective to emotional understanding and resilience. With a background working in community mental health with children, Ruby now operates a private practice dedicated to supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals and families in their emotional growth journeys.

Registration Form:

Fill out the form below and click the Submit button at the bottom to register your information.

*What is O.U.R. Children Safety Project - (Observe, Understand, and Respond)?

Hands & Voices has created a Community of Learners, comprised of parents, family members, and professionals, to explore and develop activities that will work to increase the safety and success of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. This welcoming and inclusive community of learners values participation from Hands & Voices leadership including GBYS and ASTra program staff. Through discussion and critical reflection, the group focuses on issues to increase awareness and understanding surrounding the prevention of child maltreatment for deaf, hard of hearing, and Deaf/hard of hearing Plus children and disseminates our learning to our network and families.

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Contact Janet@handsandvoices.org

Please join us and feel free to share this information with others!

For more information, please contact us at sara@handsandvoices.org.